Hillside-plow



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D. B. ENGLISH. HILLSIDB PLOW.

Patented Apr. 5,1892.

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No. 472,112. PatentedAprg, 1892.

Nrrnio STATES DAVID BARTON ENGLISH, OF GUERNEVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

HILLSIDE-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,112, dated April 5,1892.

Application filed July 2l, 1891. Serial No, 400,195. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BARTON ENGLISH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Guerneville, in the county of Sonoma and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Hillside-Plow, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hillside-plows.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of hillside-plows and to enable them to be readilycontrolled, to regulate the depth and the size of the furrow-slice, andto adapt them to be readily reversed and quickly secured at either sideof the beam.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hillside-plowconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation; Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional View. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of theplowshare and mold-board detached. Fig. 6 is a detail view of thestandard and the landside. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one ofthe bolts. j

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a plow-standardhaving formed integral withit a rearwardly-extending landside 2, andsecured to the upper end of the standard 1 is a beam 3, extendingrearward and having secured to opposite sides of its rear endplow-handles 4, which have their.

lower ends secured to an upwardly and rearwardly inclined extension 5 ofthe landside 2. A plowshare 6 and a mold-board 7 are hinged to thelandside and are adapted to be reversed and be brought to either side ofthe plow, and they are secured together by a plate 8, which is bolted tothe plowshare and the mold-board and is provided at its front end withan enlargement 9 and a pin 10. The pin 10 is journaled in asocket 11,which is secured to the front end of the landside and is provided with arecess to receive the same. The mold-board is connected with thelandside by a rear hinge 12, which is aproximately Y- shaped and has theends of its armsA connected by an integral cross-bar 13, and is providedwith perforated lugs 14, extending from the arms at an angle and adaptedto be engaged by a hook 15, whereby the plow is secured in itsadjustment. The stein of the hinge 12 is provided with a perforation 16,which receives a piutle 17, and the latter is secured in a longitudinalslot 18 of the landside and is retained therein by landside-plates 19,and the landside 2 and the landside-plates 19 are provided withtransverse slots 2O and 2l. The landside-plates are bolted or otherwisesecured to opposite sides of the landside and they extend rearwardtherefrom and have secured between them a reversible cuttingblade 22 forsevering roots and the like.

The plowshare is spoon-shaped and consists of a central portion 23 andsides 24, which are arranged at an angle and extend rearward from thecentral portion, and the plowshare is short and wide, which makes itvery easy to guide and govern with regard to the depth of the plow andthe size of the furrowslice. The mold -board and plowshare are supportedby an approximately triangular brace 25, which consists of sides26,'arranged at angle and having their outer ends bolted to the plate 8,and a cross-piece 27 bent at an angle and secured to the rear hinge 12.The plate 8 and the rear hinge 12 are connected by an adjusting-bar 28,which is provided at its forward end with a transverse piece 29 securedto the plate, and the rear end of the adjusting-bar is threaded and isprovided with nuts 30. The threaded end of the adjusting-bar extendsthrough a perforation of the rear hinge, and the nuts 30 are arranged onopposite sides of the latter and by adjusting the nuts 30 the parts areheld perfectly rigid, and any wear is readily taken up. The bolts 36,which secure the parts together, have nuts similar in shape to the headsand both the heads and the nuts 37 are countersunk, and their outerfaces are arranged flush with the adjacent parts.

In reversing the plow the plowshare and the mold-board are swung beneaththe landside, and they are secured at either side of the plow by thehook 15, which engages the perforated lugs 14. The shank of the hook issecured in a bifurcation 31 of a swiveled IOO stem 32, and is providedwith a series of adjustingperforations. The side 24 of the plowshare,which is arranged adjacent the standard, is engaged by clip-plates 33,which are arranged on opposite sides of the standard and are connectedby a rivet 34E, arranged in a slot 35 of the standard, and the platesare adapted to be moved on the standard to engage and to be withdrawnfrom engagement with the plowshare.

The plowshare, by being spoon-shaped and very short and wide, makes theplow easy to guide and easy to regulate as to the depth, and itdispenses with the usual caster-wheel, and this construction of sharebrings the cutting portion in a position relative to the soil similar tothat of the ordinary land-turning plow, thereby enabling a clean clearfurrow to be cut on a hillside. The plow is designed for turning thefurrow uphill, and the sides of the plowshare hold the soil compact andrender it easy to turn by the moldboard, and the particular shape of theplowshare enables the plow to be readily adjusted to suit theinclination of the hill to be plowed.

It will readily be seen that the plow is silnple, strong, and durable,and is adapted to be adjusted to the inclination of a hill and is easyto guide and to regulate its depth` That I claim is# 1. In ahillsideplow, the combination of a plow-beam, a standard, a landside,the plowshare pivoted to the front of the landside and beingspoon-shaped and` having its sides extending rearward from the centralportion, the mold-board connected with the plowshare, the rear hinge conn eoting the mold-board and the landside and provided with perforatedlugs, the bifurcated stem swiveled in the standard, the hook adapted toengage the perforated lugs and provided with perforations and secured inthe bifurcation of the stem, and the elipplates adjustably secured tothe opposite sides of the standard and adapted to engage the plowshare,substantially as described.

2. In a plow, the combination of the landside provided with alongitudinal slot and an intersecting transverse slot, thelandsideplates secured to the landside and provided with transverseslots registering with the transverse slot of the landside, a pintleSecured in the longitudinal slot, and the rear hinge for the mold-board,provided with a perforation to receive the pintle arranged in thetransverse slots, substantially as described.

3. In a hillsideplow, the combination of a plow-beam, a standard, alandside, the plowshare pivoted to the front oli' the landside, themold-board connected with the plowshare, the rear hinge connecting themold-board and the landside, means for adjustably connecting themold-board, and the clip-plates adjustably secured to the opposite sidesof the standard and adapted to engage the plowshare, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID BARTON ENGLISH.

Witnesses:

HENRY BEAVER, 'l. A. McCooL.

